6Abundance: Media and Arts
JORGE FERRAEZ WAS BORN IN the city of Merida in Mexico and grew up in Mexico City. Both his parents got their college degrees – his mom as a business administrator and his dad as an architect. On both sides of the family, professional degrees were common, so it never crossed his mind when he was growing up that his experience could be the exception. His obstacles were more on the side of the financial conditions of his family to be able to support him and his college degree. He had to work from the very start to pay for his studies.
The best advice he has ever heard on this topic is that we Latinos need to have more ownership of media outlets and content production companies. If we don't have ownership, we will always be asking for our share. The thing is not to have to ask, but to own the media and use it to include Latino inspired and driven content on all these platforms. In one word: ownership.
Jorge is fortunate to be a publisher and the owner of his own publishing company, which has been around for 20 years and has a great recognition and brand equity. His mission statement is to promote Latino leadership across all areas and industries, to showcase the stories of success of Latinos in America, thus highlighting the contributions they are making to our country and ...
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